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The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast networkTue, 16 Feb 2016 23:43:33 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1By: Sowell Disciplehttp://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/01/the-2012-ooty-is/comment-page-1/#comment-6615882
Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:53:21 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=236894#comment-6615882Ironically, “you didn’t build that” could have been said by Elizabeth Warren to Obama regarding the “winning” quote. He didn’t come up with original material for this one, but he did mangle it in a distinctive way.

It’s a shame that there wasn’t an OOTY with regard to the historically disgraceful Benghazi killings and the administration’s treasonous deception in their aftermath.

Interestingly, the one I had originally thought might carry the day — “The private sector is doing fine” — came in last, with just 3.72% of the vote.

Though it finished last, it was my second choice behind the winner, “You didn’t build that.” Both of the statements are similar. “You didn’t build that” just went to the heart of the POTUS’ lack of understanding of the economy in a sharper, more personal way than the “private sector” statement.

I, too, will miss the OOTD feature. The reasoning that he’s in his second term and no longer an amateur is certainly sound, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t going to continue to do stupid things every day. How about a rip off of David Letterman’s “Great Moments in Presidential History” spoof that he did daily, throughout both of W’s terms as I recall?

It could feature Reagan’s, “Mr. Gorbechev: Tear down this Wall” statement as the main lead-in to whatever idiotic statement or action seems best for any particular day.

“We built this, not the government. 0bama kiss our ass. I’m XXX XXXX, and I approved this message.”

]]>By: Bob's Kidhttp://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/01/the-2012-ooty-is/comment-page-1/#comment-6610722
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:44:07 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=236894#comment-6610722And we have 4 more long years of this.

God help us all.

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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:59:55 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=236894#comment-6610305this definitely deserves to be the OOTY. obama’s made many stupid statements but this one was particularly bad. i mean we all knew he thought that way but to have him say it so blatantly was just so ridiculous!!

and it’s incredibly disrespectful to people who worked so hard on their business. they work hard, he takes the credit.

]]>By: sherrimaehttp://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/01/the-2012-ooty-is/comment-page-1/#comment-6609001
Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:33:45 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=236894#comment-6609001I miss these. I sure wish you would change your mind and bring these back Ed. Life is going to be pretty dismal these next 4 years. We would use something to laugh at.

I have a disabled child and I am heartbroken at the damage that Obummercare will probably do to her health care.

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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:05:00 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=236894#comment-660892362% chose that?! I thought it would be closer. some good comments on the thread yesterday.
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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:03:29 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=236894#comment-6608914*sigh*
let us keep building, though. there is a God in heaven who rewards those who seek Him.
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Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:03:27 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=236894#comment-6608913A very worthy ‘winner’.
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Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:21:47 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=236894#comment-6608713I Built That: the song
]]>By: pbundyhttp://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/01/the-2012-ooty-is/comment-page-1/#comment-6608690
Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:14:22 +0000http://hotair.com/?p=236894#comment-6608690I’m not the slightest bit surprised that this won. Obama’s ludicrous statement attacked what may be the real heart of America … that Americans did build businesses and wealth and invented and created…..

This has been the beauty of America – that we who live here have had the freedoms and the resources and the rule of law so that we could build ourselves. It goes without saying that the strength and freedom of our nation gave us the base on which to build. Nevertheless, it really has been each and every person who has worked like a dog and scrimped and saved and battled and created to build something wonderful.

That Obama didn’t get it then and really still doesn’t get it demonstrates how ridiculous it is that he is our president. Hang in there, America! One day he won’t be in charge. Let’s hope that by then, we Americans will have come to our senses and will start voting for more politicians who appreciate that yes, we really and truly did build that.

Obama’s domestic policy in a nutshell: Regulate business and tax the rich until everyone is poor, business is crippled and the country is bankrupted.

Obama’s foreign policy in a nutshell: America is too powerful and American influence is evil, so reduce American power and influence to irrelevancy.

The end.

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Happy New Year!

novaculus on January 1, 2013 at 12:47 PM

The reasons are clear:
(1) EQUALITY (of outcome) is what animates The Left; and
(2) MARXISM (to survive) must occur at a global level.

You can never lift everyone, via persuasion and/or coercion, to the level of a Steve Jobs or a Bill Gates. All you can do is, via persuasion and/or coercion, tear down everyone to the lowest common denominator (to the emotional, intellectual, psychological, physical, and spiritual level of the emptiest of the empty — like, say, a Barack Obama himself).

Additionally, you can not allow individual liberty to take hold anywhere lest people flee toward it (and you have to build a wall or something to keep them in).

Of course, in their Animal Farm utopia SOME PEOPLE have to be more equal than others; thus, “Four legs good, two legs bad” always morphs into “Four legs good, two legs better!”

It was in a prepared speech because it was calculated and deliberate thought manipulation. That’s the way he and those around him want us to think. His mistake was being too blunt about it.

The Socialist Mind Game: A Brief Manual, In The American Thinker, By Oleg Atbashian (Linked in another thread by another commenter who name I forgot. Sorry.)

petefrt on January 1, 2013 at 4:21 PM

Great link – THANKS! I’ve bookmarked it to use in all of my collectivist vs. individualist arguments. Sadly, I think collectivism may win for the foreseeable future, as people give in to their lazy, covetous and tribalist nature. It’s too bad… America was such a noble experiment.

Ha… Ha… 50% of the country still blame bush for our economic standstill. What makes you think that will change going forward? I feel that the progressives writing the history books are going to be very unkind to Bush.

Timin203 on January 1, 2013 at 12:41 PM

..not helped by the recent HG posts by Jazz Shaw re “W” with the commiseration of the membership here.